after the rains

after the rains
pastel on uart 600 9x12"

cows in the field

cows in the field
small pastel on paper

four pines

four pines
pastel 9x6

Painted looking across Stout's Creek in southeast Missouri.

the woodshed

the woodshed
pastel on canson paper 10x12

Just for fun. It'll be a nice warm winter around the woodstove, eh?

something old, something new

dogwoods
pastel on board 10x10

Wetland Willows (redone)
pastel on wallis paper

bishop, california

bishop, california

pastel on paper 15"x19"

a couple more funny little chairs

the butterfly chair

the cowboy chair

These are a couple more chairs that I was asked to paint for a charity auction. They are tiny chairs, only about 20 inches tall. A fun diversion, that I didn't really need.

snowbird #2

snowbird #2
pastel on paper 7"x8"
sold

These little birds just have so much personality; they seem very curious. I like to capture their "pose" without too much detail. Maybe I'll try some more of these, moving on to a spring setting, but then they won't be gathering under my bird feeder right outside my kitchen window.
I took my 2 snowbird pictures to the local art league and both sold within a few days!

4 pieces

Oregon meadow
10"x10" pastel on paper
a gift to my sister

clouds and cows
11.5"x17.5" pastel on wallis paper

two older pieces that I forgot to post,

and some newer pieces...

the pond
6"x8" pastel on sanded paper

the path
8.5"x11.5" pastel on Uart paper

Please click on the pictures to see them a little larger.

painted chair

birdnest chair
acrylic on small wooden chair

This is a chair that I painted for a charity silent auction. It was a challenge to figure out how to use all the different spaces. There's a lot of surface area on a little chair!